Animal Insting

Well, as usual, there are plenty of poor, homeless dogs at the Humane Society of Greater Kansas City, and they are all waiting for somebody to adopt them.  Also, there are lots of cats, if you happen to prefer a cat (even though dogs are better, if you ask me)!

Anyway, I'm going to tell you about some dogs today, and if you want to look at more animals who are available for adoption, just go to the Humane Society website.

This first one is a 4-month-old puppy named Pilgrim.  He got that name because he arrived at the shelter on the day before Thanksgiving.  Pilgrim is a terrier/lab mix, and he probably will just be medium-sized after he is grown.  When he first got to the shelter, he had a broken hind leg, but it was already healing up okay, so it didn't even have to be set.  Mom likes playing with Pilgrim when she goes to the shelter, and she thinks he would make a fun, family dog.





Ferris looks a lot like Lassie, except smaller.  He is 4 years old and weighs 54 pounds.  He is a very nice dog and doesn't seem to mind if you brush him, which if you adopt him, you would have to do pretty often because he has a lot of hair.








Trinity is a very cute little puppy who is 5 months old.  She is quite dainty, and probably is part whippet or maybe even Italian greyhound.  When Trinity was a tiny baby puppy, something happened to her jaw, like it got hit or crushed or something.  So all her lower baby teeth had to be pulled, and when her adult teeth grow in, they will probably also have to be pulled (which the Humane Society will pay for).  But Trinity doesn't seem to mind this at all.  She is very perky and happy and friendly to everybody.





Here's another cute puppy, and her name is Lilac.  She's a chihuahua/dachshund mix, and she's 6 months old.  Lilac is a smart little girl, and she loves playing with toys.  She has been living in one of the cat rooms, so she likes cats just fine.  Lilac came to the shelter because some people were making her live in a cardboard box, and were keeping her tied with string.  So Animal Control took her away from her people, and now Lilac needs a new home.





These other two dogs are not puppies anymore, but they would still make very nice pets for somebody.  Shine is a shepherd/lab mix who is about 5 years old.  He had kind of a bad life before he came to the shelter because he was living in a drug house.  It takes him awhile to learn to trust people, but after he gets to know you, he is okay.  Shine really likes treats, so if you give him some, he will start liking you pretty quickly.  He weighs 65 pounds and probably needs to be in a home where there are no other pets.






Shelly is a 7-year-old husky who weighs 40 pounds.  She is very sweet, and she gets along fine with other dogs.  She's a very pretty girl, especially since she is black-and-white, and I'm sure she would be really, really happy if you could just let her go home with you and live there happily ever after!